I checked out the north side of the Lower Shaker Lake on my way home this afternoon and spotted a *Palm Warbler*. This would be a couple of days earlier than the earliest sighting for Cleveland Region of March 29, 2003, listed in Larry Rosche's /Birds of the Cleveland Region/. I defer to others with more expertise at records searching as to whether this is indeed the earliest date for the area. I managed to get a bad photo, which is online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgooch/7022133229/ . Aside from that excitement, there were lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets, and a couple of Brown Creeper. Ebird list follows. Laura Gooch Cleveland Heights -------- Original Message -------- Subject: eBird Report - Lower Shaker Lake, Mar 27, 2012 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:20:02 -0400 (EDT) From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Lower Shaker Lake, Cuyahoga, US-OH Mar 27, 2012 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.4 kilometer(s) Comments: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes to Scarborough Road near Stillman via north side of Lower Shaker Lake. Clear, 11 C, south at 10 mph. 18 species Canada Goose 8 Wood Duck 4 Mallard 4 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 2 Blue Jay 4 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 20 American Robin 13 European Starling 1 Palm Warbler 1<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgooch/7022133229/" title="BI120327-034-Palm Warbler by lgooch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6057/7022133229_b1016e3c28.jpg" alt="BI120327-034-Palm Warbler"></a> Along north side of Lower Shaker Lake near North Woodland Road. Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 2 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 4 House Sparrow X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]